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  • This is May: the Indianapolis 500 through the years

    This is May: the Indianapolis 500 through the years

    Indianapolis is known as the racing capital of the world—so we're honoring the city's storied racing history

  • Guest Blog: Wedding season, shown through our collection

    Guest Blog: Wedding season, shown through our collection

    The Indiana State Museum has an amazing collection of wedding-related artifacts

  • News and Tribune: “Meet the powerhouse women of Southern Indiana’s past”

    News and Tribune: “Meet the powerhouse women of Southern Indiana’s past”

    Learn more about Blanche Culbertson and her participation in the women's suffrage movement in this article

  • The Local Tourist: “Inspiring Loyalty: The Education and Preservation of T.C. Steele”

    The Local Tourist: “Inspiring Loyalty: The Education and Preservation of T.C. Steele”

    Learn about the life and work of Hoosier artist T.C. Steele

  • From the Hoosier state to Washington, D.C.: Indiana’s ties to the presidency

    From the Hoosier state to Washington, D.C.: Indiana’s ties to the presidency

    Indiana has direct connections to three former presidents—William Henry Harrison, Abraham LIncoln, and Benjamin Harrison

  • Black History Month: Four noteworthy African American Hoosiers

    Black History Month: Four noteworthy African American Hoosiers

    This February, we're taking a look at four African American Hoosier who helped shape Indiana's past and present

  • Discover the place where modern archaeology in Indiana began at Angel Mounds State Historic Site

    Discover the place where modern archaeology in Indiana began at Angel Mounds State Historic Site

    Hundreds of years ago, thousands of Native Americans, known as Mississippians called a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Ohio River home

  • Find your own inspiration from scenic views that influenced one of Indiana’s most well-known artists

    Find your own inspiration from scenic views that influenced one of Indiana’s most well-known artists

    T.C. Steele discovered property in Brown County that inspired some of his most well-known works

  • Experience the place that inspired Indiana’s most-read female author at Limberlost State Historic Site

    Experience the place that inspired Indiana’s most-read female author at Limberlost State Historic Site

    Swampy wetlands of Limberlost were the ideal place for Gene Stratton-Porter to begin her career as a best-selling author

  • Bee-lieve it or not: Five things to know about honey bees

    Bee-lieve it or not: Five things to know about honey bees

    Happy national pollinator week!

  • Director of collections has eye for more than artifacts, including vintage dresses

    Director of collections has eye for more than artifacts, including vintage dresses

    Traci Cromwell designs, creates her own clothes

  • Museum staff dig for Ice Age animals

    Museum staff dig for Ice Age animals

    Seven Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites staff members set off on a mission: to find Ice Age remains